From: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH draft_keys 4/7] keyrings.7: minor clarification regarding decision whether to store big_key in tmpfs or not
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 04:01:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161125010111.GA557@obsidian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51643019-bb42-4066-c824-c55b9e668ac6-ASgREoAs3yw@public.gmane.org>
---
man7/keyrings.7 | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man7/keyrings.7 b/man7/keyrings.7
index c15a273..2f452c6 100644
--- a/man7/keyrings.7
+++ b/man7/keyrings.7
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ key type, but it may hold a payload of up to 1 MiB in size.
The data may be stored in the swap space rather than in kernel memory
if the data size exceeds the overhead of storing the data in swap space
(a tmpfs file is used, which requires filesystem structures
-to be allocated in the kernel).
+to be allocated in the kernel; the size of these determines size threshold
+above which tmpfs storage method is used).
This key type is useful for tasks such as holding Kerberos ticket caches.
.PP
There are more specialized key types available also,
--
2.10.2
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-25 1:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-04 15:47 Revised keyrings(7) man page for review Michael Kerrisk
2016-11-04 15:47 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <51643019-bb42-4066-c824-c55b9e668ac6-ASgREoAs3yw@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-25 1:00 ` [PATCH draft_keys 0/7] Minor edits Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 10:01 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:00 ` [PATCH draft_keys 1/7] keyctl.2: tfix Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:35 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:00 ` [PATCH draft_keys 2/7] keyrings.7: minor clarification rearding storage method used in keyrings Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:37 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:01 ` [PATCH draft_keys 3/7] keyrings.7: spacing fix Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:39 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:01 ` Eugene Syromyatnikov [this message]
2016-11-25 8:40 ` [PATCH draft_keys 4/7] keyrings.7: minor clarification regarding decision whether to store big_key in tmpfs or not Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:01 ` [PATCH draft_keys 5/7] keyrings.7: tfix Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:42 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:01 ` [PATCH draft_keys 6/7] " Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:43 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-25 1:01 ` [PATCH draft_keys 7/7] keyrings.7: information regarding pre-3.17 limits on root_maxbytes/root_maxkeys Eugene Syromyatnikov
2016-11-25 8:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-26 12:51 ` Revised keyrings(7) man page for review Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-26 12:51 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 11:35 ` David Howells
2016-12-13 11:35 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <25262.1481628931-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 12:43 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 12:43 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <9f32a79b-5795-bff4-b741-bf927a525149-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 12:57 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 12:57 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 13:31 ` David Howells
2016-12-13 13:31 ` David Howells
2016-12-13 13:41 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkh9JLN4P+Fu+yRCNo96E3VwjYLRquuaf43XRWeuC7gnNw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 13:38 ` David Howells
2016-12-13 13:38 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <26913.1481636296-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 13:52 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-12-13 13:52 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <a5615075-dd39-e206-cbce-385bed72473f-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 14:20 ` David Howells
2016-12-13 14:20 ` David Howells
2016-12-14 7:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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